The small town of Hilton, NY, located in Monroe County with a population of approximately 4,500 people is a tight-knit community whose politics has been shaped by its small size and local values. At the local level, political candidates prioritize the needs of the community such as increased funding for schools and better infrastructure. Local elections are highly contested as residents strive to make changes that will benefit everyone in the town. While there are no large-scale political campaigns taking place in Hilton, there is an active civic engagement among the citizens that allow for real change to occur. Residents take pride in their local politics and strive to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 14468 (Hilton, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, NY is moderately liberal. In Monroe County, NY 59.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.3% to 38.2%.
Monroe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 14468 (Hilton, NY) is somewhat liberal.
Hilton, New York is somewhat liberal.
Monroe County, New York is moderately liberal.
Rochester Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
New York is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Hilton, New York: d d D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 14468 (Hilton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 487 contributions totaling $26,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $25,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)